intellectual

Supreme Court dismisses case on death penalty for inmates with intellectual disabilities

by

Supreme Court dismisses case on death penalty for inmates with intellectual disabilities – CBS News Watch CBS News The Supreme Court dismissed a case on the death penalty eligibility for inmates with intellectual disabilities. CBS News’ Jan Crawford reports. Source link

Supreme Court dismisses bid to execute inmate with borderline intellectual disability

by

WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed Alabama’s bid to be allowed to execute a convicted murder who was found by lower courts to be intellectually disabled. The court’s action leaves in place lower court rulings in favor of Joseph Clifton Smith, 55, who has been on death row roughly half his life … Read more